FormerRecruitingGuru
Making Recruiting Great Again
The board's reliance on metrics like grades as oppose to, a guy was awarded a bronze star from an IA combat tour sitting as S2 and as an advisor to an afghan colonel got to count a little more than his college GPA that he can't change that was from 10 or 15 years ago.
I had an O-5 CO who did an IA in Iraq and he got a Bronze Star. He told me they were handing them out to everyone like candy - he was actually shocked he got one because he didn't think he deserved it. The Bronze Star nowadays is almost common for anyone doing an IA. Getting a ribbon/award doesn't entitle you to additional consideration by the board.
When the Navy promotes people, they do not look back at college GPA's, they look at evals, awards, assignments.
Two different boards. One is for selection (DCO), the other for retainment and promotion.
I think any hard charging officer recruiter would give a hooray and admit there's plenty of truth in what I'm saying
I disagree with everything you just said. I'll let @NavyOffRec add his two cents too. Graduate education and high GPAs are two factors that help "set the tone" with DCO boards, but they're not the only two factors. They look at your military/civilian leadership and experience to include "impact bullets", letters of recommendation, your application/motivational statement, and of course your interviews/OIC endorsement.
The way you're talking here, you're coming off as "I was enlisted, I did my time - I should automatically be an officer now". The boards aren't going to lower their standards just so you can get in. You're competing against folks with extensive military and/or civilian backgrounds. The graduate education and high GPAs usually complement that. The board members are all if not mostly Reserve IWC. They have civilian jobs and the military experience to know what the community is looking for.
The problem isn't the boards screwing people over. The problem is you not understanding the competitiveness of selection. It's time you eat some Humble Pie.